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BLACKSPACE X ON SPOTIFY
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@MOTIONLIVE ON IG
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AKILLA’S ESCAPE
In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
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LIMITED EDITION ORALTORIO TEES at BEDDOART.COM!
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Griots to Emcees: Examining Culture, Performance & Spoken Word at York University (Toronto), taught by MOTION. Explores the form, function and content of Spoken Word, in terms of language, rhythm, historical developments, social- political contexts, as well as key artists of poetry, rap, dub, slam, lyricism and spoken word as live and direct purveyors of culture.
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WATCH! CORONER~CBC TV!
From the stage to the screen! Tune In to MOTION's TV WRITING DEBUT on the brand new dramatic series CORONER. Binge watch Season 1 and 2 on CBC GEM.
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HEADSPACE ROTATES ~ TUNE IN! ON MIXCLOUD
HEADSPACE ROTATES RADIO is an eclectic combo of progressive sounds - Hip Hop to neo-soul, beat driven, electronic, funk jazz, and yet-to-be categorized experimental astral soundscapes - reflecting the new, next and now of global urban sounds. Paying homage to the classics and the contemporary, HSR tunes into Independent music scenes, the movers and shakers, groundbreakers and the rare hidden gems that must be played. Hosted by MOTION | Music by L'OQENZ| Mixed & Engineered ZOé SOUNDMIND
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LISTEN!! HEADSPACE RADIO TRIBUTE TO SON OF SOUL
Category Archives: Events
REVENGE OF THE BEST BLACK FRIEND UP FOR THE CSA AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD!
In addition to NINE Canadian Screen Award nominations that REVENGE OF THE BLACK BEST FRIEND has received for the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards, the Academy has selected the series to be one of its curated, Original Top 10 series in contention … Continue reading
CBC, BIPOC TV & Film, CFC Announce Showrunner Catalyst!
INAUGURAL PARTICIPANTS: ANDREW BURROWS-TROTMAN, MOTION & IAN IQBAL RASHID June 12, 2022 – CBC, BIPOC TV & Film and the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) today announced at the Banff World Media Festival the creation of a new accelerator program, the CBC-BIPOC TV … Continue reading
AKILLIA’S ESCAPE PREMIERS AT TIFF 2020!
When a routine deal goes bad, a drug trader tries to set things right while unexpected circumstances force him to confront his traumatic origins. During what is supposed to be a simple, routine handoff, 40-year-old drug trader Akilla … Continue reading
SOULPEPPER PRESENTS FRESH INK!
Experience the very freshest work from some of the today’s most exciting playwrights! Pour yourself a drink and join Idris Goodwin (And In This Corner Cassius Clay, How We Got On, and Hype Man: A Break Beat Play) and Motion (Oraltorio: A Theatrical Mixtape, Aneemah’s … Continue reading
WORD, SOUND, POWER: BLACK ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
Word, Sound, Power: Black Artistic Expression @ Tribute Communities Recital Hall Accolade East Building, York University – Feb 12 @ 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm The Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora in the Faculty … Continue reading
BIPOC TV & FILM AND REELWORLD PRESENT…
Interested in transitioning into a career in television? ADAPTING TO A CAREER IN TV panel hosts Directors, Writers and Filmmakers who have made the jump from music videos, theatre, short films etc. to directing broadcast television series. Join in Friday, … Continue reading
BLACK WOMEN FILM! CANADA LAUNCHES DIRECTORY
Black Women Film! Canada (BWF) launches an exciting new awareness building campaign! The new BWF! Directory encourages collaboration and increased visibility of Black women in Canadian film, video, and media arts. Connect to blackwomenfilm.ca/directory for bios, photos and video links of producers, directors, writers, … Continue reading
MONTREAL’S KALMUNITY MUSIC WEEK IS FIYAAH!
Renowned Montreal band, event and artistic presenters KALMUNITY presents it’s 2nd Annual Music Week 2019! Don’t miss Canada’s 1st week of black art & music, featuring 8 nights of performances, art, vegan eats, urban vendors and more in the city of #Montreal … Continue reading
BIPOC-TV & FILM FACEBOOK LIVE WITH WRITER MOTION
Join us tonight at 8:30-9:00 PM EST for a Facebook Live Q&A with Coroner (CBC TV) screenwriter Motion! Her episode of #CoronerCBC (and her debut tv episode) airs tonight (Monday, January 28th) on CBC/Gem App at 9pm. #representationmatters #BlackExcellence #cdntv Tweet
U OF GUELPH NEWS ON ORALTORIO
L’Oqenz (DJ/Performer) and Motion (Playwright/Performer) collaborate on Oraltorio. (Photo by Zahra Siddiqui) Prolific emcee, playwright, screenwriter and performance artist Motion was part of the very first University of Guelph CW MFA cohort in 2006. Since the program, she has worked … Continue reading
